The last time director SS Rajamouli managed to wow the audience was in 2017 with the film Baahubali: The Conclusion took him five long years to conceive, shoot and screen his next film, RRR ( also dubbed in Hindi), shoot and bring it to the silver screen. Pulling off a multi-starrer with Jr NTR and Ram Charan in the lead roles might seem an accomplishment in itself. But Rajamouli manages to deliver even when it comes to the story RRR runs on a relatively simple premise.  There's ‘Fire’ - an angry, young police officer Ramaraju who is both revered and feared by the British. He has done their every bidding for years, he is one they sic on anyone they want to capture and yet)l, he is one who's never given any respect due to the color of his skin. Then there's ‘water’- sweet, simple, innocent Bheem who has brute strength but uses it only when it serves it purpose. He's a Gond tribal who has come to the city to rescue a young girl called Malli, who was kidnapped by Lady Scott. 

The use of the foreground in the earlier frames of this spectacle subtly taught us about the environment we are being transported to. Cinematography by Senthil truly blew my mind, the use of rack focuses was very unique in a minimal way. To emphasize SSRs vision, Senthil grasped the landscapes of the rural, industrial, and british raj settings of historical India using establishing shots and aerial views innovatively. The team did great work during post-production (color correction) as the warm hue that glazed the screen made everything feel that much more Indian. CGI might be my own gripe but considering the budget every penny was used effectively. Regardless, SSR knows how to immerse us into the emotional baggage of the storytelling, making us forget we are looking at CG elements altogether. An example of SSR and Senthils collaborative eye for detail was the precision of the dust after Ram beats his punching bag, ensuring the specular highlights glared off of the environment (Ram, punching bag and every spec of dust) making us feel the weight of Ram's punches.SSRs world-building capabilities have already been proven with Baahubali and here he puts it to use in a real-world setting enclosing us in the world of RRR. For example, here Scott speaks about a bullet's value using the currency term pound sterling (current timeline) vs shilling (flashback timeline) depicting the story's continuity. Another detail I liked is that Ram used murray hair wax on Bheem which was the wax only high class individuals used at that time.